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Hexafluoro-2-butyne, CF(3)Cequivalent toCCF(3), reacts with the triangulo-clusters [Pt-3 (mu-CO)(3)(PR3)(3)] to give the diplatinum(o) compounds [Pt-2(CO)(2)(PR3)(2)(mu-eta(2):eta(2)-CF(3)Cequivalent toCCF(3))] {PR3=PPh3 (1), PBzPh(2) (2), PCy3 (3), (PPr3)-Pr-i (4)}. Spectroscopic properties are reported which are in accord with the molecular structures for 1 and 3, both having the acetylenic C-C axis perpendicular to the Pt-Pt axis, bridging two [Pt(CO)(PR3)] fragments in a mu-eta(2):eta(2) fashion. A larg

The water soluble ruthenium(II) complex [RuCl2(PTA)([9]aneS3)] (PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphadamantane, [9]aneS3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) catalyzes the hydrogenation of CO2 and bicarbonate in aqueous solution. ...

A homogenous catalytic system has been developed that efficiently and selectively decomposes formic acid into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. [Ru(H2O)6]2+, [Ru(H2O)6]3+ and RuCl3·xH2O are all excellent precatalysts in presence of TPPTS (TPPTS=meta-trisulfonat ...

One of the limiting factors to a hydrogen-based economy is associated with the problems storing hydrogen. Many different approaches are under evaluation and the optimum approach will not be the same for all applications, i.e., static, mobile, small and lar ...

The use of formic acid as a hydrogen-storage material has become more feasible thanks to the development of a homogeneous catalytic system of ruthenium water-soluble complexes (Ru/TPPTS; TPPTS=meta-trisulfonated triphenylphosphine) that selectively decompo ...

The hydrogenation of benzene and other arenes under aqueous-organic biphasic conditions is evaluated using the ruthenium complexes Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(pta)Cl-2 (pta=1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane), Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(tppts)Cl-2 (tppts=tris-3-sulfonatophenylphosphine trisodium salt) and Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(pta)(2)Cl. The active catalysts formed during the hydrogenations correspond to a trinuclear cluster, a colloid and a mononuclear complex, respectively.

The reactions of (eta(6)-C6H6)RuCl2 and (eta(6)-p-cymene)RuCl2 With hydrogen in the presence of the water-soluble phosphines tppts (meta-trisulfonated triphenylphosphine) and pta (1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) afforded as the main species (eta(6)- C6H6)RuH(tppts)(2), (eta(6)-C6H6)RuH(pta)(2), (eta(6)-p-cymene)RuH(tppts)(2) and (eta(6)-p-cymene)RuH(pta)(2). This latter complex was also formed in the reaction of [(eta(6)-p-cymene)RuCl2(pta)] and hydrogen with a redistribution

N-methylation of amines is an important step in the synthesis of many pharmaceuticals and has been widely applied in the preparation of other key intermediates and chemicals. Therefore, the development of efficient methylation methods has attracted conside ...

In aqueous solutions, RuCl2(TPPMS)(2) (TPPMS = 3-sulfonatophenyldiphenylphosphine) catalyzes the exchange between H-2 and D2O or between D-4 and H2O with high efficiency (up to 1 252 turnovers per hour) under mild conditions (298 K, 2 MPa H-2). The exchange rate strongly depends on the solution pH. Similar H/D exchange is observed with the water soluble tertiary phosphine complexes [RhCl(TPPMS)(3)], [RhCl(TPPTS)(3)] and [RuCl2(PTA)(4)] as catalysts (TPPTS = tris(3-sulfonatophenyl)phosphine. PTA = 1,3,5

A review with 59 refs. concerning characterization of compds. contg. metal-carbon bonds in aq. solns. and pressurization of organometallic systems in water.

The Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and methyl acrylate in ionic liquids has been studied in detail. The effect of contamination of the ionic liquids by common impurities, viz. sodium and chloride ions, and water, on the selectivity has been i ...

The catalytic activity of the iridium complexes involved in methanol carbonylation is significantly enhanced when the carbonyliodoplatinum dimer [PtI2(CO)]2 (10') is added to the reaction mixt. Under CO this complex readily affords th ...

This paper focuses on the mechanism by which a monoterpene undergoes a cyclocarbonylation reaction catalysed by a palladium complex. Evidence is provided, based on intermediate species observed under pressure or with various ligands, that the catalytic cyc ...

The equilibrium between [Ce(H2O)9]3+ and [Ce(H2O)8]3+ has been followed in aqueous solution at 298 K by variable‐pressure UV spectroscopy at 295 nm. The dervied volume of reaction for the dissociation of this enneaaqua ion is ΔV 0 = +10.9 cm3. mol−1. This value, together with the previously determined activation volume, ΔV ≠ = −6 cm3. mol−1, for H2O exchange on [Ln(H2O)8]3+ (Ln = Tb to Tm), allows the assignment of an associative interchange I a mechanism on these octaaqua ions.

Dehydrohalogenation of haloaromatics in ionic liquids derived from ethylmethylimidazolium or similar salts has been performed using Pd-C, Pd(OAc)2 and other catalysts using formate salts as a hydrogen source. In the ionic liquid [emim][BF4< ...

The solubility of carbon monoxide in 37 ionic liquids and in some organic solvents has been determined using high-pressure C-13 NMR spectroscopy; a method for predicting the CO solubility is demonstrated, and it was shown that the rate of the hydroformylation of 5-hexen-2-one does not correlate with the CO solubility, as expected from the determined relative solubility of CO compared to H-2.

Reaction of RuCl3 with 1-[2-(1,4-cyclohexadiene-1-yl)alkyl]-3-methylimidazolium chloride (alkyl = Et, butyl) and 1-[2-(1,4-cyclohexadiene-1-yl)ethyl]-2,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride affords a series of dimeric ruthenium complexes of the type [RuCl2(η6-are ...

In a water/chlorobenzene biphasic reaction, the hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde, catalyzed by water-soluble Ru(II)-phosphane complexes at pH 3.04 (phosphate buffer), produces a 61:39 mixture of cinnamyl alcohol and dihydrocinnamaldehyde at 1 bar H-2; however, the selectivity is increased to 93:7 by increasing the hydrogen pressure to 8 bar.

The hydrogenation of benzene and other arene substrates under biphasic conditions is evaluated using the catalyst precursor Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(pta)Cl-2 (pta = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) immobilised in water and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids. The effect that contamination of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids with chloride has on the hydrogenation reaction has also been examined. Of the immobilisation solvents tested the optimum solvent was fou

In aqueous solutions under mild conditions, Ru(H2O)(6) was reacted with various water-soluble tertiary phosphines. As determined by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, reactions with the sulfonated arylphosphines L = mtppms, ptppms and mtppts yielded only the mono- and bisphosphine complexes, Ru(H2O)(5)L, cis-Ru(H2O)(4)L-2, and trans-Ru(H2O)(4)L-2 even in a high ligand excess. With the small aliphatic phosphine L = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo-[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane (pta) at [L] : [Ru] =

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Reaction of triangulo-clusters [Pt3(μ-CO)3(PR3)3] with hexafluorobutyne. The X-ray crystal structures of [Pt2(CO)2(PR3)2(μ-η2:η2-CF3C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CCF3)] (PR3 = PPh3 or PCy3) and [Pt2(CO)2(PBzPh2)(μ-η1:η1-CF3C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CCF3)2]

In situ NMR characterisation of an intermediate in the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 and HCO3– in aqueous solution

Selective Formic Acid Decomposition for High-Pressure Hydrogen Generation: A Mechanistic Study

Homogeneous Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid: Progress Towards a Hydrogen-Based Economy

A viable hydrogen-storage system based on selective formic acid decomposition with a ruthenium catalyst

Minor modifications to the ligands surrounding a ruthenium complex lead to major differences in the way in which they catalyse the hydrogenation of arenes

Water-soluble (eta(6)-arene)ruthenium(II)-phosphine complexes and their catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of bicarbonate in aqueous solution

Metal-Free Catalyst for the Chemoselective Methylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide as a Carbon Source

H/D exchange between H-2-D2O and D-2-H2O catalyzed by water soluble tertiary phosphine complexes of ruthenium(II) and rhodium(I)

Characterization of organometallic compounds in water

Rationalisation of solvent effects in the diels-alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and methyl acrylate in room temperature ionic liquids

Promoting Role of [PtI2(CO)]2 in the Iridium-Catalyzed Methanol Carbonylation to Acetic Acid and Its Interaction with Involved Iridium Species

Hydride route for the palladium-catalysed cyclocarbonylation of monoterpenes

The reaction volume for the equilibrium between the lanthanide(III) ennea- and octaaqua ions as a diagnostic aid for their water-exchange mechanisms

Heterogeneous dehalogenation of arylhalides in the presence of ionic liquids

Carbon monoxide solubility in ionic liquids: determination, prediction and relevance to hydroformylation

Synthesis of Imidazolium-Tethered Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes and Their Application in Biphasic Catalysis

Dramatic pressure effects on the selectivity of the aqueous organic biphasic hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde catalvzed by water-soluble Ru(II)-tertiary phosphane complexes

A comparison of ruthenium-catalysed arene hydrogenation reactions in water and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids

Reactions of [Ru(H2O)(6)](2+) with water-soluble tertiary phosphines